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Fig. 8.21 An overlay on the Scopus 2010 map shows papers that acknowledge NCI grants
(Courtesy of Kevin Boyack, reproduced with permission)
science overlay maps, a paper published in February 2009 (Leydesdorff and Rafols
2009 ), was featured as a fast breaking paper by Thomson Rueters' ScienceWatch
in December 2009. 6 Fast breaking papers are publications that have the largest
percentage increase in citations in their field from one bimonthly update to the next.
The overlay method has two steps: (1) creating a global map of science as the
base map and (2) superimposing a specific set of publications, for example, from a
given institution or topic. Along with the method, the researchers have made a set
of tools available so that everyone could use their tools and generate his or her own
science overlay maps. The toolkit is freely available. 7
6 http://archive.sciencewatch.com/dr/fbp/2009/09decfbp/09decfbpLeydET/
7 http://www.leydesdorff.net/overlaytoolkit
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